loria & minde minde called my group a tribe, which implies some organization. we are probably closer to a herd with a tired old man trying to keep the flock together. as minde knows we arrive late on sat the 17th, thus little overlap and we are staying in cruz bay on opposite end of island from ...

thanks for all the congratulatory and encouraging replies. we are really looking forward to our return to paradise! yes, family on island will be priceless. though i must admit i'll miss mack. if we do anything noteworthy i'll try and post reports if for no other reason to keep mack informed (& ...

though my wife ann and i have been on many trips to stj, my last 3 trips there have been guy trips with snorkel buddy and 60+ yr friend, mad mack. though ann complained about how hard it was to travel to and from stj, i had assumed i'd eventually get her back. if not, then at least she was always ha...

we stayed at sw in april 2013 with another couple. great well equipped villa, wonderful views to east over coral bay all way to virgin gorda. loved very large and light great room, with covered veranda all way across view side with comfortable chairs and open deck area by pool on same level. some ne...

kmom,

old folks often get confused. i saw 1:15 flt and mind thought arrival time. sorry for useless info. agree with wgirl re barge for dept date.

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kmom, never used cc for fare nor seen anyone use on any of 4 barges we've used through the years but that doesn't mean they don't accept cc. you have a good arrival time and plenty of barges to get you to stj after you arrive. we normally go straight to redhook but stopped twice at costuless but won...

GOOD NEWS BAD NEWS i'll start with a thank you to those who responded and encouraged my endeavor. connie, great suggestion and was contemplating a solo trip when fun folks were on island if i couldn't work out something with adult supervision. unfortunately i don't do facebook and have enough troubl...

i'm a married, white, retired, straight male and frequent stj visitor (17 trips since fall 2004) with last trip in july of 2014. wife of almost 50 yrs has had major surgeries over last 9 months in her battle against cancer. though currently in remission, she will not be comfortable traveling for a w...

we did as last minute trip about 4 yrs ago with trip prompted by casa bueno hitting rental market for 1st time with 6 day stay there. arranged for 4 nite stay at nautilaus after cb and were assured early am move. while move was a pain, we got good deal on both villas as we took 2 "gaps" in...

becky, as always a great trip report. wonderful pictures, you should be (unless you are) a professional photographer. only thing bad i can say is your report really fires up the urge to go back to the place i love. missed dec trip to stj with buddy mac as he was moving to an adult living community a...

toni,

sounds lika a great trip thus far. continue to have fun in the sun and take good care of minde. she my favorite person i've never met. she'll explain.

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thanks again for all the support. ann's a tuff little winker and though monday will be the biggest bump in the road she has traveled for 71 yrs, she will come though with flying colors. a word to those who are struggling to break the smoking habit. ann's medical oncologist prescibed bupropion (wellb...

pam, she wound up staying 6 weeks in hospital with lung surgery and recovery from damage to her good lung due to mishap in initial surgery. all good news on lung cancer, got all and nothing but standard monitoring for 5 yrs. unfortunately bad news on mouth cancer. the lung surgery complications dela...

mg, travel buddy and i stayed next door at viewtiful july 2013. loved the location for views over coral bay and to east and ease of dropping down into coral bay and the north shore beaches on east end such as maho, francis and waterlemon. don't recall north view being sunset though did have some goo...

tq, not familiar with this villa, but we have enjoyed 3 stays in area and one was at casa bueno which we rented thru james miller properties. i believe owner of villa you are looking at is wife of marc miller, owner of james mil prop. super nice guy and handles some nice properties in coral bay area...